National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...CLIMATE NORMALS...MEANS AND EXTREMES FOR AUGUST...

...JACKSON KENTUCKY (JKL)...

TEMPERATURE DATA...

AVERAGE MAXIMUM........... 83.3
AVERAGE MINIMUM........... 64.3
AVERAGE MONTHLY........... 73.8
HIGHEST................... 101 ON THE 17TH & 18TH IN 1988
LOWEST....................  45 ON THE 29TH IN 1986/8TH IN 1989
LOW MAXIMUM..............   65 ON THE 12TH IN 2004
HIGH MINIMUM..............  76 ON THE 24TH IN 2007
NORMAL DAYS WITH HIGH 90 OR ABOVE.....  4.6
NORMAL DAYS WITH HIGH 32 OR BELOW.....  0.0
NORMAL DAYS WITH  LOW 32 OR BELOW.....  0.0
NORMAL DAYS WITH  LOW  0 OR BELOW.....  0.0

DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)..... HEATING             COOLING

MONTHLY AVERAGE...........    4                 277
GREATEST MONTHLY..........   15 IN 1986         473 IN 1995
LEAST MONTHLY.............    0 IN MANY YEARS   183 IN 1997

PRECIPITATION DATA...

MONTHLY AVERAGE...........  4.13 INCHES
WETTEST...................  7.70 INCHES IN 1993
DRIEST....................  1.55 INCHES IN 1981
GREATEST 24 HOUR..........  3.84 INCHES ON THE 24TH IN 1999
AVERAGE DAYS OF THUNDER...   7.6
AVERAGE DAYS OF DENSE FOG.   8.0
AVERAGE SNOWFALL..........     0 INCHES
GREATEST SNOWFALL.........     0 INCHES
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL.     0 INCHES
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH.......     0 INCHES

...LONDON KENTUCKY (LOZ)...

TEMPERATURE DATA...

AVERAGE MAXIMUM........... 84.8
AVERAGE MINIMUM........... 63.9
AVERAGE MONTHLY........... 74.4
HIGHEST................... 102 ON THE 16TH IN 2007
LOWEST....................  44 ON THE 29TH IN 1986
LOW MAXIMUM...............  62 ON THE 12TH IN 2004
HIGH MINIMUM..............  74 ON THE 5TH IN 1982/16TH IN 1997/10&20 IN 2007
NORMAL DAYS WITH HIGH 90 OR ABOVE.....  5.0
NORMAL DAYS WITH HIGH 32 OR BELOW.....  0.0
NORMAL DAYS WITH  LOW 32 OR BELOW.....  0.0
NORMAL DAYS WITH  LOW  0 OR BELOW.....  0.0

DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)..... HEATING             COOLING

MONTHLY AVERAGE...........    2                 292
GREATEST MONTHLY..........   18 IN 1964         519 IN 2007
LEAST MONTHLY.............    0 IN MANY YEARS   149 IN 1967

PRECIPITATION DATA...

MONTHLY AVERAGE...........  3.36 INCHES
WETTEST...................  7.47 INCHES IN 2003
DRIEST....................  0.45 INCHES IN 2007
GREATEST DAILY RAIN.......  2.44 INCHES ON THE  9TH IN 1970
AVERAGE SNOWFALL..........     0 INCHES
GREATEST SNOWFALL.........     0 INCHES
GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL...     0 INCHES

***SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR LONDON WERE KEPT BETWEEN 1954 AND 1996***

THE LATEST CLIMATE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST INDICATES THAT EASTERN KENTUCKY
WILL BE IN A WEATHER PATTERN MORE CONDUCIVE TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

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CLIMATE WEATHER RECORDS AT THE JULIAN CARROLL AIRPORT NEAR JACKSON
KENTUCKY (JKL) DATE BACK TO JANUARY 1ST 1981.

CLIMATE WEATHER RECORDS AT THE LONDON-CORBIN MAGEE FIELD AIRPORT (LOZ)
DATE BACK TO NOVEMBER 11TH 1954.